Ye Mao left in the morning, and in the afternoon, the imperial court's decree to Li Xin also arrived, appointing Li Xin as the general of Dingbei, leading the four Zhichong Prefectures that had set off earlier to rush to the aid of the Northern Xinjiang battlefield.

The holy decree was personally sent by Xiao Zheng to the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and it was clearly stated that Li Xin was ordered to leave Beijing and go north as soon as possible to urgently rescue Jimen Pass.

Li Xin knelt on the ground, after listening to the holy decree, he got up and patted the soil on his knees, reached out and took the holy decree from Xiao Zheng's hand, Xiao Zheng handed the holy decree to Li Xin's hand, and said with a smile: "Taifu, Your Majesty instructed the slave maid to let the slave maid take something from you and go back." ”

Marquis Jing'an nodded with a smile: "This is natural, I am a person who speaks, and I will definitely give it if I say it." ”

He glanced at the dozen or so red-clothed guards following behind Xiao Zheng, and said with a smile: "The things are in my room, Grandpa Xiao will go with me to get them?" ”

Xiao Zheng nodded and said, "There is Mrs. Lao." ”

"Your Majesty said, after getting the things, Taifu can go north out of Beijing at any time."

Li Xin walked in front with his hands in his hand, took Xiao Zheng into the backyard of the Marquis of Jing'an, and walked all the way to the door of the small courtyard where he lived.

"The slave is waiting for the master here."

This courtyard is not only Li Xin's residence, but also the residence of the ninth princess, the eunuch is a heavenly slave, even if the ninth princess is not there, he does not dare to enter this courtyard.

Li Xin nodded, walked into the courtyard, and soon took out a wooden box and handed it to Xiao Zheng, Xiao Zheng opened the box and looked at it, the box was neatly packed with two rows of twelve clay pots, each of which was the size of an adult's fist. ”

"Naturally."

Mrs. Li's face was calm, and he said: "The backyard of my house is also very spacious, Gonggong Xiao doesn't believe it, you can order one here and give it a try." ”

Xiao Zheng did not refuse, he bowed his head and said: "It's not that the slave doesn't believe in the Taifu, it's really important, and the slave and maid are offended." ”

He stretched out his hand and beckoned, and several red-clothed guards came over to help Xiao Zheng hold the box, he personally took out a heavenly thunder from the box, took a deep breath, walked to an open space in the backyard of the Hou Mansion, and then took out the fire fold from his arms.

At this time, Li Xin, who was more than a dozen steps away from him, said with a smile: "Father-in-law Xiao, if this thing is blown up, you won't regret arresting me?" ”

Xiao Zheng stopped what he was doing, looked back at Li Xin, shook his head and said: "Taifu, what the slave maid brought over was the edict of the holy decree, which was prepared by Shangshutai, and printed by His Majesty himself. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and took out the fire fold, and after blowing out the sparks, he lit the ignition paper on the clay pot, and then hurriedly ran away, running to a distance of seven or eight paces farther than Li Xin.

The clay pot burst open, and the sound was deafening.

Pottery shards splashed everywhere, splashing everywhere, and one piece of pottery coincidentally slashed across the face of an inner guard, marking a long bloody hole.

Xiao Zheng looked at the white smoke in the courtyard of the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion, nodded with satisfaction, turned to look at Li Xin, and said with some hesitation: "Taifu, the heavenly thunder in your box can be exploded, right?" ”

There are a total of twelve heavenly thunderbolts in the box, if just such a one can be exploded, after returning to the palace, the emperor must think that he Xiao Zheng and Li Xin are colluding with each other, and when the time comes, he will have his heart alive!

Li Xin smiled indifferently: "There are more than a dozen here, if Gonggong Xiao is not at ease, he might as well order another one?" ”

Xiao Zheng was a little moved when he heard this, but the one he took just now was indeed taken casually, and he didn't have too many doubts in his heart, he shook his head and said: "Then the slave maid will take these treasures and go into the palace to hand over the decree, it is getting late at this time, you think you want to go out of Beijing, it is better to go out of Beijing early tomorrow morning." ”

Li Xin smiled: "There is no difference between the left and right of this day, and according to what my father-in-law said, I will leave Beijing early tomorrow morning and go north." ”

At this time, leaving the capital in a hurry, it seemed weak-hearted, anyway, the decision is in the hands of the emperor, it is better to be single, and be calm.

Xiao Zheng sighed, bowed his head to Li Xin, and said in a deep voice, "Taifu, you...... Take care. ”

He is the steward of the Wei Palace, more than ten years ago when Li Xin first entered the Wei Palace, he worked in the Wei Palace, these years, the ups and downs in the capital, Li Xin's ups and downs, are all seen by him, in Xiao Zheng's eyes, Li Xin is a very respectable person no matter what.

Li Xin also smiled at Xiao Zheng and nodded.

"Grandpa Xiao also take care."

Sitting in the position of the great eunuch of the inner court, although the scenery is infinite, but it is also possible to die at any time, Li Xin and Xiao Zheng are also old friends, and they say goodbye to each other to take care, and they have known each other for many years.

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Early the next morning, Li Xin only brought a few entourages from the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and then set off from the gate of the Hou Mansion, and after leaving Yongle Fang, he rushed to the east gate of the capital.

Along the way, Li Xin still noticed that there were many people secretly following him, but this has been the case in the past few years, and he was no longer surprised, and went straight to the gate of the East Gate.

Over the years, he has always had the habit of getting up early, when he arrived at the east gate, the sun had just risen, and an acquaintance in civilian clothes was already waiting at the door of the east gate, and when he saw Li Xin arrive, he stepped forward to stop Li Xin's horse and bowed his head respectfully: "Taifu, Your Majesty said that he would personally come to see you off, but the carriage has not yet arrived, so please wait a while." ”

It was Xiao Huai, the young eunuch of the inner chamberlain.

Li Xin smiled.

Sure enough, not everyone can get up before dawn every day like himself, and His Majesty the Emperor in the palace can't get up in the morning.

In fact, because the Son of Heaven is young, he has eaten the marrow in the past two years, and he is a little unrestrained in sexual affairs, except for the days of the Great Dynasty Meeting, he often sleeps until noon, so that he gets up before dawn, which is really difficult for him.

Li Xin waited at the east city gate for a full hour, a lilac carriage slowly drove out of the city gate, Li Xin recognized Xiao Zheng who was driving, turned over and dismounted, walked to the carriage, bowed slightly, and arched his hand: "Minister...... I've seen Your Majesty. ”

The curtain of the purple carriage was lifted, and the young Tianzi got out of the carriage with two dark circles under his eyes, he glanced Li Xin up and down, and sighed: "The teacher got up early. ”

Li Xin said with a smile: "It seems that Your Majesty slept late yesterday. ”

Yesterday, the Son of Heaven got the Heavenly Thunder that he had in mind, so he naturally wanted to give it a try, and most of them would be excited and unable to sleep because of this.

But what he didn't know was that these heavenly thunders that Li Xin gave him were actually very rudimentary versions.

Gunpowder is a thing that was made in Qiyang County's Qi Garden in Qiyang County in the first year of Taikang, when Li Xin went home to go home to repair his mother's grave for more than half a year.

Moreover, in the past few years, the southwest has been manufacturing gunpowder on a large scale, and the ratio of various ingredients is more accurate and more powerful.

No matter how skilled the craftsmen of the imperial court were, it may take two years to make this version of gunpowder according to the gourd painting.

Li Xin made these gunpowders, and it took ten years to revise them, and it would take at least three or five years for the imperial court to reach this level.

What's more, Li Xin comes from another world, he clearly knows what gunpowder is, and can easily give the direction of development, and no matter how powerful the skilled craftsmen in the capital are, they have not seen the scenery in front of them, and it is already great to be able to imitate it.

Yuan Zhao Tianzi yawned a little tiredly, and then arched his hand at Li Xin: "Originally, no matter what, I would not let the teacher out of Beijing, but the teacher treated me with sincerity yesterday, and I am not good to be a villain again." ”

"I personally sent the teacher out of Beijing."